Holding the sword arts manual in wonder, Felix shook his head and kept it back on the table.
'Though I'm curious about the book's history, It isn't the time to be thinking about this.'
He went back to lying on the bed and narrowed his eyes as he became serious.
'The remaining skill points should be exactly 3330 now, which I should use to create new combat skills.'
As he pondered in his mind, Felix closed his eyes and recalled all the moments of battles from the few days of hunting with Sir Graham.
There were lots of skill ideas going around in his mind during the hunting days, but he couldn't decide on a particular skill as he was afraid it would be a waste of skill points if he created something useless.
'The kind of skill that I need right now is something which can help me during the guild wars, but I don't know the rules and the way this war is going to happen.'
While his mind continued thinking of the possible skills to aid him and make him stronger, he heard the door knock.
Knock Knock!
"Felix, open the door.", Steve's voice sounded from outside.
'Oh, I forgot about him.'
Felix got up from bed and opened the door, coming face to face with Steve, who had an inquisitive expression on his face.
"Hmm, where have you gone these days? That guy named Falcon said you were going to the forest. Was that true?"
Felix nodded at the boy and replied.
"Yeah, I told Falcon to inform you that. A very strong person from the underworld took me to hunt monsters in the forest, I learnt a lot from him."
Steve widened his eyes in amazement and smiled enviously.
"Ah, that's amazing. I wish I could hunt some monsters, too."
Felix chuckled at the boy's words, who was similarly a battle maniac like him, but then his stomach grumbled.
"How about we talk over dinner?", Felix asked in hunger.
"Exactly my thoughts."
Steve grinned, and both of them walked towards the dining hall after Felix locked his room.
When Felix and Steve entered the dining hall, they felt a change in the atmosphere than usual.
The dining hall was filled to the brim with guild members, who had gathered from all the branches and returned from their missions for the sake of the guild war.
Felix and Steve grabbed their meals and sat at a table under the heavy aura that was of a battlefield where fights would suddenly break out.
But the strict rules of the Twilight Chaos guild and their punishments deterred any problems from taking place, reducing the dining hall to an adrenaline and bloodlust-filled domain.
Unfortunately or fortunately, this didn't stop Steve from chattering as usual and keeping Felix entertained throughout the dinner.
Sometime later, Roven and Eric too joined them at the table.
The two of them seemed to have grown a bit stronger than before, which they revealed as advancing a subrank.
They then spent the time discussing the upcoming guild war, but it seemed that nobody knew anything about the way it was going to happen.
From what they knew from the last guild war in Edenmont City which was dozens of years ago, they heard that the Duke of the City would be the one to oversee and supervise the guild wars between the guilds for fairness.
So, the rules and way the war was going to take place depended on his decision, which he would announce on the first day of the guild wars.
After finishing their meals, the four of them bid each other good night and returned to their rooms.
Felix used the washroom and changed his clothes into something comfortable before jumping onto the bed.
The blade appeared pristine clean as it shined brightly, and felt cold to touch when Felix moved his fingers on it.
There wasn't much change in the appearance except for making it look more extraordinary and a bit longer than its previous length.
'Inspect.'
Felix used his new skill on the sword, which displayed the details of his sword.
[Name: 'Unnamed'
Grade: Low Rare
Description:
A lightweight and sturdy sword with a sharp blade, which causes destruction proportional to the strength at which it is used.
Can cut through the thick skin of Rank 3 beings and can negate mana-induced attacks with the blade.]
Reading through the details of the sword, Felix nodded and became satisfied with the result of the upgrade.
"It's done well, I now understand why he recommended you for the job."
Reegan just nodded at the compliment, not changing his expressionless yet professional face.
Placing the sword back on the counter, Felix took out his exclusive card, which contained all the money he had earned in the underworld, and handed it to the blacksmith.
"Here, the rest eighty percent of the payment."
Yesterday, he had already paid the advance payment of twenty percent and now he paid for the rest.
Reegan received the card and promptly scanned it above an orb, before handing it back to the boy.
"Thank you for using our service, we hope to receive your order again."
The blacksmith stood up and moved his hand forward, to which Felix grabbed it and shook his hand.
"Yeah, thank you for upgrading my sword."
After placing the sword's scabbard on his waist, Felix gave Bellard a nod and walked out of the shop.
The master and student duo looked at each other after he left before Reegan voiced out as he moved towards his room.
"You didn't have to stay up the whole night to work on his sword. That goes against my rule of professionalism."
Bellard scratched his head awkwardly, not sure how to reply to his master.
Reegan stopped at the door, with his face turned away and continued.
"But I'll let it slide this time-."
'-because I've never seen you work so determined and dedicated before.', he raised the tiny corners of his lips.
"Yes, Sir.", Bellard nodded and looked towards the door, wondering what his previous teammate was about to do.
*****
Felix arrived at the Underworld Castle with his new sword that he kept glancing at.
There was this strange feeling he was getting from the sword as if it was going to be something he would hold dear to him.
'It doesn't have a name yet huh, I wonder what name would be suitable....'
Felix crossed the bridge and walked over to the guards, who inspected him for a while as he showed them his exclusive card.
The gates of the castle opened up, and Felix walked in, hoping to explore another facility of the castle where he could gain lots of information and knowledge.